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UK
/snˈaɪd/
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[ US /ˈsnaɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈsnaɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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expressive of contempt
spoke in a sneering jeering manner
curled his lip in a supercilious smile
makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
How To Use snide In A Sentence
- 8. The reporters all want Obama to make the sort of inaccurate, snide, snipy comments that the Clintons are now firing off daily. Archive 2008-03-01
- She made one or two snide remarks about their house which I thought was a bit unnecessary.
- But it's no longer permissible to sit on the sidelines making snide comments.
- Now, I'm supposed to be pithy in this column, full of cute and snide comments about my Midwestern family, how they don't get it, how they're getting old and crotchety.
- Some people laugh and throw snide comments at us as they pass. The Sun
- Many of Jay Ward's characters and catchphrases have since morphed into pop-culture shorthand: Dudley Do-Right, the clueless Mountie, is shorthand for anybody who stumbles into a situation overconfident he's doing the right thing; Snidely Whiplash, Do-Right's nemesis, for a scenery-chewing villain; the "Waybac" Machine, Mr. Peabody's time-travel system, for a nostalgia flashback; as well as expressions such as "nothing up my sleeve ... presto!" and JSOnline.com
- It disgusts me that one of the best songwriters of his generation is being treated as the butt of jokes and victim of snide remarks.
- The upper deck rejoined with snide remarks about the purple empire.
- I go to the counter and give the cheque to a guy who definitely did not have enough sleep last night and was in a mood for nasty snide remarks and evil glares.
- What drives me up the wall is when the uncouth classes begin their fighting and screeching and petty arguments, or when snide little tattletales run up to me to tell on people.